Several tons of amber were selected to make the Amber Room because 1.of their beautiful yellow-brown color.The design of the room was in the fancy style in those days and it 2.was decorated(decorate) with gold and jewels.The Amber Room took the country’s best artists about ten years 3.to make(make). In 1716,the King of Prussia, Frederick WilliamⅠ, 4.to whom the Amber Room belonged,decided to give it to Peter the Great.In return,the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers.The room served as a small reception hall for important 5.visitors(visit).Later,Catherine Ⅱ had her artists add more details to the Amber Room.Almost six hundred candles lit the room,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. In 1941,the Nazi army was near St Pertersburg.This was a time when the two countries were 6.at war.In less than two days 100,000 pieces of the room were put inside some 7.wooden(wood) boxes.There is no doubt 8.that the boxes were then carried to a German city on the Baltic Sea.After that,what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery. The King of Prussia,Frederick WilliamⅠcould never have imagined that his 9.greatest(great) gift to the Russian people would have such an 10.amazing(amaze) history.
重点短语 重点句型 重点单词 ❶survive vi.幸存,活下来;存留下来,保存下来 vt.经历某遭遇后幸存,幸免于;从……中逃生;比……活得长 Is it enough to have survived for a long time?它能够保存很长时间吗?(教材原句P1) Her parents died in the accident,but she survived.她的父母死于这次事故,但她幸免于难。 He felt lucky to have survived the war.能从那场战争中存活下来他感到很幸运。 Few buildings survived the earthquake.地震过后存留的建筑物寥寥无几。 ◆常见用法 survive sth.幸免于……;熬过 survive from...从……中存活下来 survive on...靠……存活下来 survive sb.(by+时间段)比某人活得长(……)
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